Chapatti

by Christian O’Reilly

Corrib Theatre

Feb – Mar, 2016, April 2017

Drammy Nominee Best Actor in a Play

REVIEWS

“Every attribute of play, performance, direction was brilliant. A tour d'force on a heartwrenching human scale… How did director Gemma Whelan keep that pace snapping?”

Sandra Stone, (author)
“Delightful, nuanced performances tonight from Jacklyn Maddux and Allen Nause in Chapatti at Corrib Theatre. Watching these veteran actors perform in seemingly effortless unison is like witnessing the finest of neurosurgeons working in tandem with brilliance to give a patient new life… I urge you to see this masterwork beautifully directed by Gemma Whelan.”

Dmae Roberts, Stage & Screen
“Stunning and honest.”

Sophia June, Willamette Week
“Corrib Theatre’s new production in the CoHo Theatre space, directed by Gemma Whelan with a light and quick touch, stars Allen Nause and Jacklyn Maddux as the lonely Dublin codgers, and they’re the reason to see the show: watching these two old pros stumbling and reaching and backtracking toward each other, you know you’re going to like this pair.”

Bob Hicks, Oregon ArtsWatch
“In 2016, Corrib staged a modest, charming tale of November romance that was wonderfully affecting, partly for playwright Christian O’Reilly’s subtle touch with the heartstrings but just as much for exquisitely calibrated performances by two of Portland’s finest stage veterans, Allen Nause and Jacklyn Maddux.”

Marty Hughley, Oregon ArtsWatch

ABOUT

Chapatti is a love story between two people who have given up on the possibility of love. Dan lives alone in a Dublin flat and spends his time with his dog, Chapatti. Betty also lives alone — with her nineteen cats. Chapatti is a tender, funny, compassionate, and unsentimental play about second chances that relies on the power of the spoken word, the challenge of communication, and the complexity of lived and shared experience.

PHOTOS

CAST

Allen Nause* / DAN
Jacklyn Maddux* / BETTY

CREATIVE TEAM

Gemma Whelan~ / DIRECTOR
Ted Jonathon Gold (2016), Michael Wax (2017) / SCENIC DESIGN
Summer Olsson / COSTUME DESIGN
Anthony Arnista, Ronan Kilkelly (2017 only) / LIGHTING DESIGN
Rory Breshears / SOUND DESIGN
Amy Katrina Bryan / STAGE MANAGER

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.

~ The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.